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OK, i know The Bravery bashing has been done to death, but honestly, who listens to this shit? I just saw them on the Glasto highlights and they were just irredeemably horrible. I can usually dislike a band but still see why others dig them-e.g. Razorlight, The Libertines, maybe even Kasabian at a push, but other than pre pubescent girls with a penchant for men in drag I can't for the life of me see the appeal of The Bravery. Anyone care to enlighten me?

I hate them with fury.
There bassist took his trousers off, BBC cut their broadcast.
Sam Endicott will probably kill them.
Thank God for Brian Wilson making sure only four people saw them.
That is all.

I think the Bravery aren't half as bad as you make them out to be. They dress like gay mannequins and they talk shit, but as far as the music's concerned, its nowhere near the stages of 'unbearable'. There's (rock) music a lot worse around at the moment, like Muse and System of a Down.

the bravery are obviously shite, but whats worse is that they and the killers are taking what can be a very edgy and interesting style of music and making it horribly safe, bland and cliched beyond belief. fucking nme.

I can see why people think Doves are boring. I dunno, I just like them. Every album they seem to come up with 3-4 really good songs. Most of The Last Broadcast is beautiful. Cedar Room and Black & White Town are both really good. I think the Bravery just lack tunes. and any kind of sense that they love what they do. There's no passion.

I own their album. "Unconditional" and "the ring song" are two of my favorite tracks. The latter sounds Curesque to me. I haven't seen them live live, but I've seen some televised live performances and been dazzled!

i am just amazed about the fuss they have somehow generated, less by the hungry faulty media, but more by the fans!
I just don't understand how people have warmed to them and accepted them as a stopover between Killers' singles. The Bravery are only unique in that have made no attempt to create a vaguely unique or personal idea, sound, image, opinion between them. I had always assumed they were just a 'bought' band, given clothes and given songs, and they were 100% fake. I was shocked to hear they actually write their own songs!
Havng said that i liked some of the singles- just good radio music, in one orifice out another, but to think they are popular as personalities or musicians or artists is utterly bizarre. The're nothing.